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Revenge Review: Keep Your Enemies Closer

In a town like the Hamptons, it pays to keep the your rivals and frenemies close to you, as we learned in "Sabotage," when Emily, the Graysons and others made it their business to keep certain people in their sights.

The person currently on nearly everyone's radar? Helen Crawley. Yep, The Initiative is taking over Revenge.

Smooth toast, Daniel. By the way, that's a million dollar bottle of wine those two faux lovebirds are toasting with. Or apparently a million dollar bottle of vinegar. The bottle may have been undrinkable, but it got Daniel side-by-side with Emily and a front row seat to an awkward conversation with Aiden. Emily's relationship with Daniel is the one "too close for comfort" relationship that I worry will turn into more.

I never disliked Emily and Daniel as a couple and I don't think she and Aiden will be able to work out with their respective revenge agendas. However, Emily having feelings for Daniel will mess with her head, as it has in the past. Sure, he's changed and become a colder and more crass person this season, but he hasn't really changed in terms of how he treats Emily. She is also trying to ruin his parents' lives so there could never be an endgame.

As for everyone else, it seems Helen Crawley and The Initiative have wormed their way into a lot of lives this season. Emily, Nolan and Aiden staged a coup so that Aiden could fake rescue Crawley and seem trustworthy to her. Hopefully now he can get some answers about his sister, who I personally do not believe is really alive.

Helen also has Victoria and Conrad trying to stay up to date with her moves. They worry about Daniel, yes, but they also want to be rid of The Initiative and the control and chaos they come with. Victoria decided to put on a low plunging dress, have a cocktail and accidentally let it slip about his Helen's business proposal to Jason, Conrad's longtime rival. Of course, Victoria only has this information thanks to another frenemy of hers, our heroine Emily Thorne. Lots of fake, double cheek kissing around those parts!

As someone who was huge fan of Nip/Tuck, I'm always excited to see Dylan Walsh back on my television screen. Throw in Julian McMahon and I'll be doing a little happy dance in my living room. I'd be willing to be Walsh will recur in a few more episodes, especially now that his company is looking into Stonehaven United Solutions.

Then we have the biggest false alliance that leads back to The Initiative, Nolcorp and Padma the mole. We all knew she was shady. Then she came back with that hackjob of a sob story about wanting to take any job at Nolcorp as long as she was down the hall from Nolan. Look, I love Nolan but she was sketchy from the very beginning when she told Daniel about that framed check from David Clarke.

Marco may have betrayed Nolan but Padma is the worse of the two. She's entangled with The Initiative. I think Marco just felt like he got screwed in a business deal and there was no reason to lie for his ex boyfriend and boss. I don't think he was actively doing anything else.

So what is this elusive Carrion program and why does The Initiative want it? Do you feel confused when it comes to The Initiative's intentions? You know, besides to ruin and control everyone's lives.

On a less threatening note, Ashley is back in the Grayson fold with a ploy to basically blackmail Conrad. Plus, he slept with her and probably enjoyed her company since he didn't seem all that pissed off to rehire her. With her suggestion for Conrad to help out Jack, maybe he is going to indulge those political aspirations after all. Jack and Amanda now owe Conrad, but is it worse than dealing with the Ryan brothers? Besides they aren't exactly rid of the Ryans yet. Amanda flashing a gun at one of them isn't going to do much.

So who has the most unholy alliance of them all? What do you predict will happen next?

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marin•January 14, 2013 10:22

enough of the porter brothers stupid storylines! Cant they just sail away please?LOVE Emily, Nolan and Aiden working together. And chemistry between Emily and Aiden, although Emily and Daniel are very sweet together.

I find it amusing that Conrad calls Ashley Miss Davenport in private.Cool plan Ems. It wasn't difficult to know what was going on if one is an avid viewer. I got the feeling that The Initiative knows Emily's true identity. Aiden calling Nolan Q was great. Dylan Walsh's character fit in nicely.